Autographic register



(NoModel.)

i. W. L. EGRY.

. AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER. l

No. 518,230. y. Patented Apr. jl7, 1894'.

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- (n1 Attorney STATES PATENT OFFICE4 VILLIAM L. EGRY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,230, dated April17, 1894.

' Application led August Z, 1893- Serial No. 482,211. (No model.)

in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to that class of registerin g devices designedfor receiving in strip form written memorandums. Registers of ro theclass referred to are often used in commercial houses in checking cashsales, such reglsters may be briefly described as a casing containing aribbon of paper on which the memorandum is to be made, the paper passingout from the casing over a tablet so writing may be done upon it andthen again into the casing for storage of the successive writtenmemorandums'. In some cases several layers of paper are dealt with, withtransfer 2o paper between so that several copies of the memorandum maybe made, one copy only going into the casing for storage.

My invention relates to a peculiar system of storage, the systemconsisting in giving to z5 the strip of paper a succession of reversedfolds and sticking the same upon stab Wires. Ileretofore the storage hasbeen either by rolllng up the strip, or by cutting off the separatememorandums and storing them loose or go on stab wires, or by giving thestrip reversed folds to be stored in a pile of folds.

My improvements will be readily understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

3 5 in Which- Figure 1, is a vertical longitudinal section of a registerexemplifying my improvements; Fig. 2, a plan of the same with the topremoved; Fig. 3, an end view of the same (right 4o hand end of Fig. 1)with the end cover removed; Fig. ha vertical longitudinal section of aportion of the device, duplicating Fig. 1 but showing the parts in adifferent position of movement; and Fig. 5, an enlarged end elevation ofparts appearing in Fig. 3.

In the draWings:-1, indicates the casing adapted to contain themechanism and the supply of paper and the stored paper: 2, the

top of the casing, over which the paper runs,

5o forming the writing tablet: 3, the removable end cover of the casing,closing the front of the storage chamber: 4, the roll of paper for userin making thememorandums which are to be stored: 5, feed rolls fordrawing the paper forward from the supply roll 4 and passing itonwardinto the storage portion of the casing: 6, the paper from thesupply roll to the feed rolls and lighting on the top 2 where it'may beWritten on: 7, guide-roll for the paper as it passes from the supplyroll up out of the top of the casing: 8, stab wires projecting inwardlyfrom end cover 3, two of these wires being shown as a preferred number:9, the stored paper in reversed folds stuck upon these stab Wires afterpassing from feed-ro1ls 5: 10, a plate arranged to reciprocate to andfrom the end cover 3 and perforated for the stab wires so that as theplate reaches the ends of the stab-wires it will force the unstabbedfolds of paper into the wires and push the lot of stabbed folds towardthe end cover as the folds accumulate, the plate being considerablynarrower than the paper: 11, stem and socket guidesvfor plate 10: 12, acrankshaft extending across the casing: 13,'a link connecting the crankwith the plate 10 so that at eacn rotation of the crank the plate ispushed forward into the stab-wires: 14, gearing connecting crankshaft 12and the feed-rolls so that all turn together, the gearing being soproportioned,

with reference to the circumference of the feed-rolls, that one turn ofthe crank corresponds with such degree of rotation of the feed-rolls aswill advance the paper twice the length of asingle fold, that is to say,twice the length of the folds of paper as stored upon a stab-wire: 15,hand-crank for turning crank 12 and the feed-rollsand giving motion toall of the mechanism: 16, a pair of arms pivoted to the casing at eachside thereof, their front ends extending forward to near the ends of thestab-wires but at the sides of the casing clear of the edges of thepaper: 17, pins projecting inwardly from the forward ends of arms 16,the pins projecting inwardly far enough to pass the edges of the paperbut not far enough to reach the edges of stabbing-plate 10, these pins,as their arms rise and fall, moving up and down a distance equal atleast to the length of the folds of paper: 18, similar inwardlyprojecting pins,

mounted on pivots supported by the easing at thelevel of the upperportion ofthe stabbed ICO folds of paper, these pins projecting inwardlylike pins 17, and having their outer ends weighted and resting on fixedstuds so that the tendency of the pins is to occupy their inwardlyprojecting positions, the pivoting of these pins permitting them to betipped downwardly and outwardly as will be understood from Fig.5, thepins 18 being forwardlybeyond the plane sweptjby pins 17: 19, extensionson arms 16 adapted, when the arms rise, to engage under the outer endsof pivoted pins 1S and tip pins 18 on their pivots as shown in Fig. 5:20, a pair of arms pivoted in the base of the casing, one at each sideof the casing: 21, pins projecting from arms 20 under arms 1G andadapted, as arms 2O rise, to engage under arms 16 and raise the latterarms: 22, pins projecting from arms 2O in front of the stab-plate 10 andadapted, as the; stabbing plate is approaching its forward limit ofstroke, to be engaged by the stabbing plate, whereby pins 2O are causedto rise and raise arms 1G: and 23, rods on which may be mountedadditional rolls of paper if the register is to be used in the ordinaryway for duplicating purposes, the paper from such additional rolls goingas usual over and along with paper 6 and through the feed-rolls butpassing out of the machine beyond the feed-rolls to be turned off asused, while the storage paper goes on within the casing.

Fig. 1 shows the paper as passing from the feed-rolls down under pins 17then up over upins 18 and then in folds on the stab-wires, thestab-plate being at the rear extremity of its stroke. As, now, crank 12is turned the stab-plate moves toward the stab-wires and at the sametime the feed-rolls are yielding more paper and as the paper passes inpins 17 descend and carry the lower bend of the paper down to the levelof the lower end of the stabbed folds. Plate 10, when it nearly reachesthe stab-wires, engaging pins 22 and the effect is to quickly raise arms20, bringing their pins 21 in engagement with arms 16 thus rapidlylifting arms 16 and their pins 17 to their top limits of stroke, asindicated in Fig. 4. The stabbing-plate then stabs the two layers ofpaper into the stab-wires, at the same time pushing upward on thestab-wires such folds as may have been previously stuck upon the wires.When arms 16 thus rise to their upper limits of stroke their extensions19 engaged under the outer portions of pivot pins 18 and tipped thosepinsthus withdrawing them from under the bend of the paper, as seen inFig. 5, and the advance ofthe stabplate therefore pushed this bend ofpaper forwardly beyond the plane of pins 18. When the crank is furtherturned the stab-plate begins to retreat and the feed-rolls begin toyield more paper, and the instant arm 1G begins to descend pins 18assume their normal horizontal position, engaging under the paper andforming the top bend for the next fold while pins 17 descend and carrydown the lower bend of the paper as before described.

By removing end cover 3 the stabbed pile of paper comes with it and, ifdesired, the paper may be cut off from the general strip and the pileremoved from the stab-wires for such use as desired. Or, the end covermay be removed some distance from the casing without cutting the paperand the successive folds may be inspected either in place or by removingthem from the stab-wires, and the whole may be restored when theinspection is over.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a register, the combination,substantially as set forth, of stab-wires, a perforated stah-plateadapted to reciprocate to and from the ends of the stab-wires, andmechanism, substantially as set forth, for laying a strip of paper insuccessive folds between the stabplate and the ends of the stab-wires.

2. In a register, the combination, substantially as set forth, of acasing, an end cover therefor provided with inwardly projecting stabwires, feed-rolls for feeding paper toward the stab-wires, a perforatedplate adapt ed for reciprocation to and from the ends of the stab-wires,and having a width less than that of the strip of paper to be dealtwith, movable pins projecting inwardly beyond the plane of the edges ofthe intended paper and at the level of the top of the intended folds ofpaper and arranged for movement outwardly beyond the planes of the edgesof the paper, pins arranged for movementin a plane substantiallyparallel with the stabbing-plate and rearward of said first-mentionedpins and projecting inwardly beyond the plane of the edges of theintended paper but not to the edges of the stab-plate, and mechanism,substantially as described, for turning the feedrolls and reciprocatingthe stab-plate and moving the iirst-mentioned .i pins to one side andthe other of the planes of the edges of the intended paper and movingthe last mentioned pins in a plane substantially parallel with thestab-plate. l

3. In a register, the combination, substantially as set forth, with acasing, paper feeding rolls, stab-wires, and a hand-crank, of aperforated stabbing-plate reciprocated by the movement of thehand-crank, inwardly projecting pivoted pins at the top of the intendedfolds of paper, pivoted arms, as 1G, pins 17 projecting inwardlytherefrom, extensions, as 19, from the arms, adapted to engage and tipthe pivoted pins, and pivoted arms, as 20, arranged to lift the firstmentioned arms and be operated by the forward movement of thestab-plate.

VILLIAM L. EGRY.

Vitnesses:

JOSEPH A. WORTMAN, PAUL J. WORTMAN.

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